WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tennis great Monica Seles is speaking out about her battle with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disease that weakens muscles. The 51-year-old, who won nine Grand Slam titles and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, said she first noticed symptomsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Your morning coffee is mostly free from harmful levels of toxins and contaminants, but a new investigation shows there’s room for improvement. “While some contaminants were present, most were found at minimal levels and well below the European Union’s safety limits per 6-ounceContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, people with bronchiectasis will have a treatment option. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Insmed’s daily pill brensocatib, which will be sold under the brand name Brinsupri. The drug is designed to treat non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasisContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A child’s symptoms of autism might vary according to their parents’ exposure to workplace chemicals, a new study says. On-the-job chemical exposure among moms and dads prior to a child’s birth was significantly linked to increased autism severity, worse behavioral issues and poorerContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you suspect you have long COVID, but aren’t sure? The answer you get will largely hinge on whom you ask, a new study says. The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long COVID, despite hundreds of publishedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Slightly altering your stride while walking could considerably ease pain caused by wear-and-tear knee arthritis, a new study says. Foot positioning while walking can reduce stress on a person’s knee joint, researchers reported Aug. 12 in The Lancet Rheumatology. People trained to angleContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and other dollar stores are chock full of cheap, highly processed foods — just the sort of eats that can lead to obesity, heart disease and other health problems. But dollar store shoppers are surprisingly savvy, andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A mobile smartphone app can help reduce the risk of death among people at high risk for suicide, a new study says. The app, called OTX-202, reduced suicide attempts by 58% among a large group of recently discharged psychiatric patients who had previouslyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A person’s own voice might soon be a means of detecting whether they’re suffering throat cancer, a new study says. Men with cancer of the larynx, or voice box, have distinct differences in their voices that could be detected with trained artificial intelligenceContinue Reading
New poll shows very or extremely bothersome symptoms are down compared with 10 years ago, but predicting symptoms remains elusiveContinue Reading